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A St. Ignatius man is facing what prosecutors say would be his eighth DUI if convicted. Raymond Burton McIntyre, 48, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson Sept. 29 to felony DUI, fourth or subsequent offense. According to court records, on Aug. 7, as law enforcement officers were patrolling U.S. Highway 93 they observed a motorcycle pass them driving in the opposite direction with no taillights. The officers began to pursue the motorcycle in an effort to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver refused to stop. The motorcycle turned onto Hawkins Road and traveled west bound before sliding into a ditch. The rider, later identified as McIntyre, denied having consumed al...

POLSON — A Polson man has admitted to his part in strangling a woman through the rear window of a pick-up last June as well as other charges involving her. Morgan Aniba Quinones Velazquez, 48, entered a guilty plea at District Court in Polson on Sept. 22 to misdemeanor violation of a protection orde...

POLSON — A Columbia Falls woman has been ordered to pay restitution totaling $78,824.21 for her participation in possessing items she knew were stolen from storage units in the Condon Area.  Sierra Kay Fischer, 28, was convicted for crimes involving co-defendants Eugene Thomas Germain, 27; Bran...

POLSON — A Great Falls man who led law enforcement from two counties on a high-speed chase on U.S. Highway 93 after he escaped from a Montana Department of Corrections program admitted to the charges related to the incident. Joseph Patrick Thomas Brown, 36, pled guilty at District Court in Polson on...

  POLSON — A Great Falls man, with a lengthy criminal record, was committed at District Court in Polson on Sept. 22 by Judge James Manley to five years with the Montana Department of Corrections with none of that time suspended for failing to register as a violent offender.  Dominic Ant...

POLSON — A Polson man is getting four separate drug cases dismissed for pleading guilty to a fifth. Matthew George Manyhides, 33, entered a guilty plea to felony criminal possession of dangerous drugs and a reduced charge of misdemeanor assault. The pleas were entered during a change of plea hearing at...

POLSON — The Lake County Attorney’s office dismissed child abuse charges against Homer Lyle Colman, of Arlee, on Feb. 16, 2021. Colman, 68, had pled not guilty to the crimes during an arraignment hearing at District Court in Polson on Dec. 10, 2020. Charges stem from an April 2019 report ma...

POLSON — A Big Arm man is accused of threatening two people with a machete in Pablo this past July. Junior Gardipe, 33, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson Sept. 15 to two counts of assault with a weapon and attempted robbery, all felonies. According to court records, on July 29...

POLSON — A St. Ignatius woman is accused of abusing her children while traveling across Montana. Kailee Marie Lindquist, 26, entered a plea of not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 16 to felony charges of assault on a minor and strangulation of a partner or family member. According to cour...

POLSON — A Polson man is accused of brandishing a sawed-off shotgun. David Michael Fox, 66, pled not guilty at District Court in Polson on Sept. 16 to felony charges of having a sawed-off firearm and criminal endangerment. According to court records, on July 25, a Lake County Sheriff’s Deputy ...